University Mission and Goals
Mission Statement
University of the Pacific's mission is to provide a superior, student-centered learning experience integrating liberal arts and professional education and preparing individuals for lasting achievement and responsible leadership in their careers and communities.
University Goals, FY12 and FY13
The following goals were developed by the Cabinet in partnership with the Regents to focus our efforts during FY12 on the most critical actions needed as we move forward. They were informed by Pacific Rising and the WASC action letter, and they incorporate institutional priorities articulated last year. Until the new strategic plan is developed, these goals will also guide actions for FY13.
1. Plan our future: Develop a plan for a robust future for Pacific by working with our constituents to create a new University-wide strategic plan built around academic strategies that clarifies our vision and our core identity. Ongoing planning efforts around internationalizing our education, diversifying our community, and enhancing academic programs will inform the University’s efforts.
2. Improve student success: Understand the predominant factors that minimize attrition and ensure student success and focus enrollment management, support, and intervention strategies toward that end. Enhance academic and co-curricular programming to attract and engage undergraduate, graduate and professional students thus improving graduation rates and enhancing alumni support.
3. Prepare for a comprehensive fund-raising campaign: Build a campaign strategy that incorporates the emerging University strategic plan and builds Pacific’s capacity and philanthropic culture. Simultaneously, move forward with major fundraising initiatives (or “mini-campaigns”) for a new San Francisco facility, the Brubeck Institute and the Tomorrow Project.
4. Create a more vibrant Stockton campus: Enhance the appeal for students to study in Stockton by ensuring a safe campus and its environs, increasing student activities on and near the campus, enhancing student services, and shaping an athletics program, all of which contribute to increased community and Pacific spirit.
5. Enhance institutional effectiveness and improvement: Develop systems of student and organizational learning assessment that are aligned with University-wide learning outcomes and are integrated with regular reviews of academic and administrative programs.